PRESS RELEASE

SPO1 Gregoria B Antonano

Camp Francisco U. Sumagaysay, Sr., STA. BARBARA, ILOILO, January 26 --In a buy-bust operation conducted by Ajuy PNP and Special Operations Unit on Illegal Drugs in the 5th District of Iloilo, the number 7 target drug personality in Ajuy town under Oplan Lambat-Sibat was arrested around 7 o’clock in the evening today.

36-year old Arnold Villanueva y Decolongan was arrested at his residence in Brgy. San Antonio.

Police members of Ajuy and SOU on Illegal Drugs in the 5th District of Iloilo led by Police Inspector Kent Jerek Capadosa and Police Chief Inspector Jonathan Pinuela, respectively, were able to recover the P400.00 buy-bust money, 4 sachets of suspected shabu and other drug paraphernalia in Villanueva’s possession.

Villanueva, who is now detained in Ajuy police station’s lock-up cell, will be facing appropriate charges in violation of sections 5 and 11 of RA 9165.